Adjustable tongue-hound for wagons.



R. c. SCHOFIELD. ADJUSTABLE TONGUE HOUND FOR WAGONS, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1916.

1,215,41 6,. I Patented Feb; 13, 1917.

ROBERT C. SGHOFIELD, OF FREEPbRT, ILLINOIS. I

ADJUST-ABLE roneun-n'ounn ron waeoivs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Feb. 13, 191?.

. Application filed November 2, 1916. Serial No. 129,137.

a." -tum.- To all'zthovn at may concern:

' 5 and 6 passing throu'g Be it known that 1, ROBERT C. ScHorrnLo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephen-- son, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Adjustable Tongue-Hound for Wagons; and I do hereby declare .the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the-invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved adjustable tongue hound, and an object of the inventionis to provide a set of hounds of this kind, which. are capable of application or attachment to wagons, in which the front axle hounds are of various widths and inclinations.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind having'im-- proved features of construction.

One of the features of construction is to provide a pair of tongue hounds having pivoted slotted gear plate connections with plates which are secured upon the tongue, whereby the tongue hounds may be adjusted to fit front axle hounds, 'which vary in width and inclination.

In practical fields, the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, and claimed.

In the drawings l Fi re 1 is plan View of the improved adjusta le tongue hound. constructed .in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view partly in plan of the tongue hounds and the tongue.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring more especially to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a tongue, of any suitable construction, preferably tubular, and 2 and 3 designate plates, which are arranged in pairs. The plates of each pair have arches 4 to receive and engage the tongue at its rear portion there being bolts h the arches and through the tongue to securethe parts to-' gether. The tongue l'is provided with a fiat portion 7 near'the plates 2, on which the doubletree 8 is mounted, so that it will have a bearing surface. A metallic strap 9 is secured at one end by the bolt 5, and its other .end.by the bolt 10, which passes through the doubletree, and through the tongue 1, and may beprovided witha nut, not shown, on

.itslower end, under the tongue, to hold the doubletree in position. Passing through the end portions of the plates 2'are the bolts 11 -and,12, and passing through the end portions of the-plates 8, are the bolts 13 and 14; which are secured by the usual nuts 15. The bolts 12 and 14 have integral therewith the pinions 16 and 17. Channel iron tongue hounds 18 are provided, and pivoted on the bolts 19 (which are provided with nuts 20) and in the channel irons, .are segment gear plates 21 and 22, which have curved slots 23 and 24, through which'the bolts 11 and 13 extend, so as to hold the segment plates 21 and 22 between the end portions of the plates 2 .and 3, whereby the teeth of the seg-- ment plates will engage the teeth of the pin ions 16 and 17. When the tongue hounds 18 are in use, they engage the adjacent faces of the end portions of the usual front axle hounds of the front running gear ofawagon.

When the front axle hounds vary in width and inclinations, the various nuts Y15 and the nuts 20 are loosened, then the tongue hounds are arranged in position, so that they will accommodatethemselves to the disposition of the front axle hounds, by manipulating the segmentgear plates 21 and 22 and said pinions, after Which'the various nuts 15 and 20 and their bolts are tightened again, there by holding the parts in their adjusted posi- 't1ons,with"r'elation to the front axle hounds.

The invention having been set forth, what 1 I a In adjustable tongue hounds for wagons,

is claimed as new and useful, is

the combination of a tongueand plates, ar-

ranged in pairs, and secured to the rear por-t tion of the tongue, of a pair ofhound bars having at their ends adj ustabl-y pivoted segment plates provided withadiustable pivotal slot and pin connections between the'ends of both pairs of plates of said tongue,: said segment plates having gear teeth,"pinions mounted between'the ends of both. pairs of plates of said tongue, to be engaged by the teeth of the segment Plates, and bolts pass- In testimony whereof I have signed my ing through the'tongue hounds and the segname to this specificatlon in the presence 01": went plates, and through the ends of the two subscribing witnesses.

plates of the tongue and through the seg- ROBERT C. SCIIOFIELD. ment plates and the pinions and provided, \Vitnessosc' with nuts for holding the various-parts in EDWARD BUsuELLn,

adjusted positions. CHARLES B. COURTNEY.

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